So for the TLC big show this weekend, it was pretty much a one-match show built around the Shield reunion. Also on the card was Bray Wyatt vs. Finn Balor, and Sasha Banks vs. Nia Jax was planned.

Bray had been gone the past 2 weeks, as had his real-life brother Bo Dallas, and Jojo. Nia Jax was then gone from Raw this past Monday, and the Sasha Banks opponent was switched to Alicia Fox.

It was announced early this afternoon that Kevin Owens was to miss the rest of a tour of South America for personal reasons.

Then, later this afternoon, WWE announced that the card this weekend was being shuffled around. Bray Wyatt AND Roman Reigns are both removed from the card due to a viral infection. Bray Wyatt, Bo Dallas, and Jojo are all believed to have viral meningitis, although that is not confirmed by WWE or the wrestlers.

The Bray Wyatt-Finn Balor match was switched to Finn Balor-A.J. Styles. The Shield team had Roman Reigns replaced by, in his first WWE match in maybe 12 years, Kurt Angle, on 2 days' notice.

"In a move that could indicate a big step toward getting involved with professional football, WWE chairman Vince McMahon sold 3.34 million Class A common shares of company stock Thursday for what could be in the ballpark of $100+ million dollars.

As noted in the SEC filing, "Mr. McMahon executed the sale primarily to fund a separate entity from the Company, Alpha Entertainment LLC, which Mr. McMahon established to explore investment opportunities across the sports and entertainment landscapes, including professional football. Mr. McMahon has informed the Company that he has no current plan to sell additional shares of the Company’s stock and that he intends to continue in his capacity as the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for the foreseeable future.

"The shares sold by Mr. McMahon represent approximately 4.3% of the Company’s total outstanding shares of Class A and Class B common stock. After the sale, Mr. McMahon beneficially owns 32,193,375 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock, which represents approximately 82.8% of the Company’s total voting power and approximately 41.8% of the Company’s total outstanding shares of common stock."

After hours trading saw the stock drop to $30.80/share.

Over the weekend, it broke that McMahon could be looking to bring back the XFL and make the announcement as early as January which led to a further reveal about the creation of Alpha Entertainment.

Earlier this month, Alpha Entertainment applied for five new XFL trademarks that cover the league restarting and merchandise. Additionally, they would like to trademark 'URFL'."

"Less than two months after returning from neck surgery, it appears that Paige's in-ring career with WWE may be over.

PWInsider first reported today that Paige "was informed this week that she will not be cleared to return to the ring" after suffering an injury last month. The report states that the situation has been described as similar to Edge's medical disqualification from in-ring competition and that it's believed Paige was given the news at Raw on Monday.

Paige suffered the injury when she was kicked in the back by Sasha Banks during a six-woman tag match at a house show in Long Island, New York on December 27th. The match was stopped and a stretcher was brought out, but she was able to walk to the back with assistance and there was initial optimism as the injury was originally believed to be a stinger.

Paige was scheduled to be in the women's Royal Rumble match later this month, though whether she was going to be cleared in time was in question even before this report.

On Monday night's episode of Raw, Paige was at ringside for Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville's match against Banks & Bayley. Whether she'll be used in a similar role going forward remains to be seen."

25 years old.

^ I saw the AXS show from last Friday night. Jericho-Omega and Okada-Naito were awesome.

Raw's 25th anniversary show tonight. Opened up with the McMahons in the ring, Vince took offense to the fans getting him a plaque for his achievements, out came Stone Cold, and you can figure out the rest. Although Stone Cold and Vince did share a beer together.

Pretty lame show overall, IMHO. Good start, but fell flat as the show went on. Elias getting the upper hand was good, and I guess Miz winning frees up Reigns for that Mania title match Having two sites made it flow weird, and the squash of Revival and Hardy loss was terrible.

I will admit I don't watch regularly and haven't really in years so last night the nostalgia was about the only thing that kept me interested.

The best match of the night was the 8 Woman Tag Match

The D-X bit was too long but to be expected and with the dirt sheets saying that Finn Balor is taking the Triple H behind the scenes politics route it makes since that the Balor club aligned with D-X. Scott Hall looks like he fell off the wagon again and X-Pac looked like a broken man. Ric Flair looks like he is still recovering and has lost lots of muscle mass.

If I had to guess the surprise entrants to the Rumble on the Men's side would be MVP, Mark Henry, and the Godfather. The Women's side I would almost bet Trish Stratus is involved.

Just finished it up. Pretty lackluster show I thought. Seeing Vince and Austin do their bit was fun. Seeing Jericho a few weeks after the Tokyo Dome was fun. Undertaker? I'm over with his Terry Funk retirements. DX are way overblown for what they really were and they've done the reunion tour way too many times.

But I think if you ranked the wrestlers on Raw by facetime on screen, Heath Slater would rank higher than almost everyone. Raw 1000 by comparison was far superior, and it'll always be remembered for Cena cashing in the briefcase to get a title match vs. Punk and Punk' s heel turn. The 25th Anniversary Show was a parade of entrance themes and random people.

^^ I wonder if this was just a useful reason to axe him as he was supposedly hated in the locker room so much that he had his own changing room. I have not seen if their have been any criminal charges brought against him just an allegation on Twitter.

"The key to Rousey is more about Stephanie McMahon, which is why they want that super high-profile match (and if they can get [The Rock] Johnson, it makes it even more high-profile). Stephanie McMahon is a big star in wrestling, but she is not a mainstream star at all. It was explained to me that the key in all this goes back to what made Vince McMahon a big star, which was the program with Steve Austin, and what made Steve Austin a breakthrough star past being a pro wrestling top guy, which was hardly an interview at King of the Ring or the WrestleMania match with Bret Hart, as legend has it, but the angle in Fresno with Mike Tyson.

Rousey is a major sports star. The idea that she was the single most searched female athlete in the U.S. on the Internet in 2017, a year she never competed and for the most part laid low in, speaks volumes. The idea for the program is to make Stephanie a star outside of just the pro wrestling world."